Foundations of exercise physiology 23.09.24 Flashcards
What are the 5 levels of the body? How is the body organised.
Chemical
Cellular
Tissue
Organ
System
What does the chemical level consist of?
118 known elements
How Many elements are found naturally?
94
What is the role of the cellular level?
Basic building block
Smallest structural unit
What is a tissue?
Similar cells grouped together
What are the 4 types of tissue?
Epithelial
Connective
Muscular
Nervous
What is on the organ level?
Structures of two or more tissues
Specific function and shape
What is the System level?
Related organs
common functions
organs can be part off more than one system
What are basic life processes?
Processes that distinguish living and non-living things
What is metabolism?
sum of chemical processes in order to maintain life
what are the 2 components of metabolism?
Anabolic
Catabolic
Define anabolic
Helping to build up
Define catabolic
to break something down
Define responsiveness
to detect and respond to change
Define growth
an increase in body size
Define hyperplasia (growth)
New cells
Define Hypertrophy (growth)
Increasing cell size
Define Accretion (growth)
Increase in layers within a cell
Define differentiation
cells develop from unspecialised to specialised (stem)
Define movement/ transport
“in motion”
Define reproduction
New life
Growth and replacement
Define Mass
Amount of matter in an object
Unit for mass?
Grams (g) or Kilograms (Kg)
Define weight
sum of mass and gravitational attention of the earth
